Meatless Cookery

Published as America rationed meat for the war, this is a whole cuisine built without it — nut roasts and cheese soufflés, dasheen and okra soups, vegetable gelatine, and a chapter on what to do with the whites of eggs.

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Onions Au Gratin

5 small Spanish onions 4 ounces of grated cheese 2 ounces butter 1 tablespoon of flour 1/4 pint of milk or cream Pepper and salt Use onions as near in size as possible, and pour boiling water on them in a saucepan, and allow to simmer for one hour. Drain them well, and put them into another clean saucepan, and pour the following sauce over: Melt the butter in a saucepan, sprinkle in the flour, stirring all the time, and then add the milk slowly, and let it boil five minutes; add the grated cheese, and seasoning, and pour over the onions; cover closely and cook gently for half an hour. Serve with a little chopped parsley.

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